America on the eve of the Civil War
Little happened in 1859 that would have told Americans there were on the precipice of a continent-wide war and the end of the most powerful slave society in the world. Yet, within eighteen months of the end of 1859 conflict descended on the nation and familiar characters were playing unfamiliar role...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Charlottesville :
University of Virginia Press
2010.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b46502725*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Opening remarks
- Taking stock of the nation in 1859
- The future of Virginia and the South
- First question-and-answer session
- Making sense of John Brown's raid
- Predictions for the election of 1860
- Second question-and-answer session
- Closing remarks
- Conclusion : marking the Civil War sesquicentennial, will we do better this time?
